Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted that he was honoured to discover a young fan had dressed as him for Halloween, saying that it made him “proud”.

Four-year-old Freddie Callaghan from Dublin dressed as 'Mini Marcelo' for the holiday earlier this week, complete with tracksuit, glasses and distinctive blue bucket.

The youngster’s uncanny impersonation became a social media sensation, with mum Fiona Callaghan confirming yesterday that as a result, her Leeds-mad son would be interviewed on Soccer AM this weekend ahead of United’s trip to Wigan in the Championship.

And asked about the impression at his pre-match press conference before the Latics clash, the Argentine said that he found himself filled with amused pride at the depiction.

“What I can say is people can make caricatures of my face,” Bielsa said with a grin.

“It’s not something that everyone can have. I could be proud of this, being able to be caricatured.

“I’m proud of it.

“I said to my Argentine friend that caricature in England is a praise of the personality of the person being caricatured.”

Fiona broke the news that the Callaghan will fly over from Ireland to feature on the Sky Sports flagship talk show on Saturday morning.

“So FINALLY we can let it out that we have been invited over to Soccer Am,” she wrote on Twitter on Thursday evening.

“We fly over tomorrow and get to go to the show on Saturday morning!! Thank you to every single person who messaged us and retweetd us !! Once again @LUFC has helped our fred make his dreams come true #MOT”.

Earlier on Friday, she posted a further picture of a grinning Freddie clad in his Leeds United garb, adding “Off we go to fly the flag”.